Color Management and Swatches Flashcards
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Which color model in Affinity Designer is most suitable for print projects requiring CMYK output?
Answer: CMYK/8
CMYK/8 maps colors to the four ink channels used in commercial printing, ensuring accurate on-press results.
Where do you set the document's color profile in Affinity Designer?
Answer: File > Document Setup > Color
The Document Setup dialog (File > Document Setup) contains the Color tab where you assign the working color space.
What is the purpose of the Global Color feature in Affinity Designer?
Answer: It lets you update a swatch and have all objects using that swatch update simultaneously
A Global Color swatch acts like a variable—edit the swatch and every object linked to it updates automatically.
In Affinity Designer, which panel is used to create and manage named color swatches?
Answer: Swatches panel
The Swatches panel stores named color swatches that can be global, spot, or application-level palettes.
What does enabling 'Soft Proof' in Affinity Designer allow you to do?
Answer: Preview on screen how colors will appear when printed using a specific output profile
Soft Proofing simulates the gamut and rendering of a target output profile directly on your monitor without permanently changing colors.
How do you sample a color from anywhere on the screen in Affinity Designer?
Answer: Use the Color Picker (Eyedropper) Tool and click outside the canvas
The Eyedropper Tool in Affinity Designer can sample any pixel on the screen, including outside the application window.